Jane Aman

Contact Information

Email: jane.aman

Postdoctoral Associate

Education

Ph. D. English, University of Texas at Austin, 2023
M.A., English, University of Texas at Austin, 2020
B.A., English and American Literature, University of Texas at El Paso, 2016

Courses Taught

ENC1101: Expos and Argumentative Writing
ENC 3246: Professional Communication for Engineers

Pedagogical Interests

Encouraging critical thinking through the close study of literature, art, film, and other media, media literacy, building confidence through writing and self-reflection

Research Interests

Nineteenth-century American literary realism and regionalism, nineteenth-century political literature, etiquette, disability studies, and Indigenous literature

Personal Interests

Poetry, creative nonfiction, and painting

Best Writing Advice

Write a lot and often! Writing development is as much about building skill as it is about self-reflection and building self-confidence. I think Anne Lamott said it best when she wrote, "I don't think you have time to waste not writing just because you don't think you will be good at it."

Publications

“Gothic Spaces and the ‘Homeland’ in Constance Fenimore Woolson’s Tales of the Great Lakes and Reconstruction.” Regional Gothic Collection. Eds. Monika Elbert & Rita Bode. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2021.

Violence/Joy/Chaos, Rhythm & Bones Press, 2020.

Ocotillo Worship, Apep Publications, 2018.

University Writing Program